Dayum, my little home bidness is starting to take off!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

At last-- I established myself as a computer repair geek a year and a half ago, and at first it was a real question of if I could get the clients or not.

I needn't have worried. A bit of word-of-mouth, a few referrals, a couple small business jobs, and people started hearing about me. It took a while-- I had quite a few long stretches of no work at all, but suddenly that's changing. I've had jobs every day the past two weeks, and I'm scheduled into next week. Also, one of my clients has turned me on to the company he works for, and I have a phone number and a name, and a call in the morning may well be steady work and a great referral in the near future.

So to all you IT geeks who keep saying "IT is dead", if you can repair a computer and clean a virus off a machine, you have a real future. Start your own company, and have fun.

I sure am!

[fudge stripe cookays]

1. Way to go, dude!

I've been keeping you in mind for anybody local that tells me they're having problems. Nothing yet.

Keep up the good work!
FSC

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

3. Thank you.

Glad to be of soivice!

[tridim]

2. I've been thinking about that type of work for awhile..

Is the stress level managable? I mean, do you have clients who refuse to pay, and want you to fix things for free. Stuff like that?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

4. You find that stuff in every arena.

I had one (early) client who regretted paying me (sordid story- I was in the right). Instead of alienating someone who could badmouth me all over the place, I returned his check, and simply declined future service for him. And I'm always willing to lower the price and sometimes do unpaid work for needy people who obviously can't handle my rates. An occasional freebie is good P.R. And when I get one who calls me two and three times a day, I just stop answering the phone and they eventually go to someone else.

It's all give-and-take. Be flexible and they'll remember you and tell their friends. I've gotten quite a few new clients because of it.